Looking back, O’Connor said, she isn’t sure the high court should have taken [Bush v. Gore].Counter-facutals are pointless..of COURSE the world would be different today if
“It took the case and decided it at a time when it was still a big election issue,” O’Connor said during a talk Friday with the Tribune editorial board. “Maybe the court should have said, ‘We’re not going to take it, goodbye.’”
The case, she said, “stirred up the public” and “gave the court a less-than-perfect reputation.”
“Obviously the court did reach a decision and thought it had to reach a decision,” she said. “It turned out the election authorities in Florida hadn’t done a real good job there and kind of messed it up. And probably the Supreme Court added to the problem at the end of the day.“
Bush being elected is
The saddest thing, to me, is that the 2004 election officially made me give up on rock 'n roll changing the world, since even Bruce pimping for Kerry couldn't move the fucking needle. Wow. People really are, in a word, terrible.
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